WEBVTT HUMID.CHANGES DO ARRIVE AS WE HEAD INTO THE END OF THE WORKWEEK.I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE CHANGES ARE, COMING UP.>>> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, A HOME INVASION HOMICIDE IN JACKSON. >> 16 WAPT'S KANDACE REDD JONES US LIVE AT THE SCENE WITH DETAILS.KANDACE?>>> SAD STORY THIS MORNING, POLICE SAY A MAN WAS INSIDE THISHOUSE WITH HIS WIFE WHE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE KICKED IN THE FRONT DEER AND SHOT AND KILLED HIM.IT HAPPENED EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND 2:00 ON BARBARA AVENUE NEAR CLINTON BOULEVARD.SOMEONE SHOT AND KILLED 30-YEAR-OLD FRED COOPER.POLICE BELIEVE THE MOTIVE APPEARS TO BE A HOME INVASION.POLICE SAY THOSE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE ONCE AGAIN KICKED IN THE FRONT DOOR OF THE HOUSE, SHOT THE VICTIM ONE TIME IN THE CHEST.POLICE ARE ALSO SAYING THAT SOMEONE INSIDE THE HOUSE FIRED BACK.>> WE BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS INSIDE THE RESIDENCE DID RETRIEVE A HANDGUN AND FIRE AT LEAST A SINGLE SHOT AT THE SUSPECT.BUT THE SUSPECT WAS NOT INJURED DURING THE COURSE OF THE INCIDENT.>> POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECTS.THEY BELIEVE THEY COULD BE IN A

Investigators said one or two people kicked in the front door of a home on Barbara Avenue near Clinton Boulevard at 1:41 a.m. Wednesday.

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Police said a man armed with a gun kicked open the front door and started shooting. The resident, Fred Cooper, 30, was shot in the chest, ran to the front yard, collapsed and died, police said.

“We believe that one of the occupants in the residence did retrieve a handgun and fired at least a single shot at the suspect, but the suspect was not injured during the course of the incident,” said Cmdr. Tyree Jones.

Cooper's wife and another man were inside the house, but they were not injured, Jones said. Police believe that the man grabbed a gun and fired one shot, but there is no evidence that the attacker was wounded.

Police said the shooter and another man got away in a dark SUV, possibly a Chevy Tahoe.

The attacker is described as a black man, weighing about 150-160 pounds, with a medium complexion, clean-shaven and bald, police said. He was last seen wearing dark-colored clothing.

JPD said this is the 25th homicide this year.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS.